[red.wood] n (1634) 1: any of various woods yielding a red dye
2: a tree that yields a red dyewood or produces red or reddish wood 3 a: a commercially important coniferous timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the bald cypress family that grows chiefly in coastal California and sometimes reaches a height of 360 feet (110 meters)--called also coast redwood b: its brownish red durable wood